On the carriage back, Qin Siyue joked: "Your Highness, you went to the inn to investigate the case. Didn't you stay there for several days? How come you can't even remember the person?"
Xiao Wang felt guilty inexplicably, and said calmly as if nothing had happened: "The investigation is Mr. Gu's business. I just need to appease Prince Su He. Besides, all the suspects in the inn at that time were not allowed to leave their rooms without permission. I seem to have only seen her once, so I can’t remember.”
Qin Siyue felt relieved at this moment: "This Doctor Jiang is really good at medical skills, but his character is not that good. He is used to picking on Qiao. If it weren't for Si Lang's illness that still needs her treatment, I would have sued her a long time ago."
Xiao Wang said: "I have asked people to search for famous doctors. Maybe I can find someone with better medical skills than her. Then I can replace her."
He knew Qin Siyue's temperament, which was competitive and jealous. If he spoke for Jiang Wanning, Qin Siyue would attack Jiang Waning regardless of Si Lang's illness or whether he still relied on Jiang Waning.
Last year, the Queen Mother just mentioned that Qin Siyue had never been able to make a fortune for the royal family, and she wanted to choose two more good ladies for him to keep beside her. The Queen Mother had taken a fancy to Yao Ying from the family of the Minister of Rites. Somehow Qin Siyue found out about this, and not long after, he embarrassed Yao Ying in public at a party. Yao Ying was so frightened that she refused to enter the East Palace.
Of course, this was a good thing for him. One Qin Siyue was already troublesome enough, but adding another one and the two of them fighting to the death every day was even more of a headache.
When Qin Siyue heard what Xiao Wang said, he felt a little more at ease and changed the topic: "Your Highness just heard from you and father that chaos has begun in the north?"
"Don't ask about state affairs."
"I'm not inquiring about state affairs. You see, our capital is in such chaos, and we are still under the emperor's feet. I'm worried about the people in the north. I'm afraid the food prices there will rise even more crazily!"
Xiao Wang said gloomily: "Yes, I received memorials from officials in Dengzhou, Yunzhou and other places this morning. The price of grain is out of control. It is said that it has risen to seven or eight taels of silver per stone, and it is still impossible to buy grain."
Qin Siyue was secretly happy. The grain that Lu Shanshan collected here was five taels per stone. Including the cost of transportation, it was six liang per stone. According to the current price of grain in the north, she had already saved her capital and still made a small profit.
Xiao Wang saw the smile hidden in her eyes and couldn't help frowning: "Why are you happy?"
There is a food shortage in the north. Do you think it is funny?
If it were Nan Zhi, Nan Zhi would have jumped up and scolded the officials in the DPRK and China for their incompetence, and would have thought of ways to solve the problem.
Nan Zhi will accept his offer and will accompany him to the north.
Qin Siyue was happy for a moment and forgot to restrain himself. When Xiao Wang questioned him, he regained consciousness and pretended to be stupid and denied: "I don't have any concubine!"
Xiao Wang looked at her suspiciously: "Are you involved in reselling food?"
There have been rumors recently that many people are collecting grain and intend to transport it to the north to make a lot of money. Among them are some officials and princes.
Qin Siyue was shocked and hurriedly denied: "How is it possible? I don't have any money, and the East Palace only has a little property, so what can I do?"
These words touched upon Xiao Wang's embarrassment. He was perhaps the poorest prince in the history of Da Qi. His father had rewarded him with some properties, but those properties could not be touched. Without the support of his mother's family, and the foundation of the Anping House was not deep, his help was still too little.
Xiao Wang said angrily: "You'd better not touch this kind of thing."
In the evening, Jiang Wanning and brother Jiang Shi had just had dinner when Zheng Guan came again.
Zheng Guan whispered to Jiang Wan Ning: "Han Shu is awake. Sir, please come over."
Jiang Wan Ning immediately said: "Let's go now."
Jiang Shi hurriedly pulled Jiang Wanning aside: "Siniang, are you still going so late at night? What is your relationship with Mr. Gu? Why do you have to go when he asks you to go?"
"Brother, stop making trouble, Mr. Gu really has something important to do with me."
"No, if you don't tell me clearly, no matter who you are, I won't let you go."
Forget it during the day, what's the point of calling people there at night?
Jiang Wanning was helpless: "Brother, have you heard about the mysterious deaths of thirteen Dayuan merchants at the inn?"
"I heard about it, when I passed by Hexi Town."
"I was in the inn at that time. Prince Su He wanted to kill everyone in the inn to avenge his people. It was Mr. Gu who saved us, including Zheng Guan, so we all feel grateful to Mr. Gu. Because of his kindness, Zheng Guan now simply works as an errand for Master Gu."
Jiang Shigang knew that his sister was actually one of the parties to this big case.
"It turned out to be a lifesaver. That's fine, you go ahead, but you have to be careful. After all, you are my daughter's family, so don't suffer a disadvantage."
Jiang Wan Ning was speechless: "Brother, Mr. Gu is a gentleman."
Still in that house.
Gu Zhouting, Ji Yunchen, Jiuli, and Mo Yu were all in Han Shu's room.
Ji Yunchen was very puzzled: "Gu Zhouting, who are you waiting for?"
Gu Zhouting didn't know which muscle was wrong. Han Shu woke up and said he had something important to tell him, but Gu Zhouting asked him to close his eyes and rest his mind first, and wait for someone to come before talking.
Gu Zhouting said calmly: "You will know when they come."
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, Jiang Wan Ning comes in.
When Ji Yunchen saw that Jiang Wanning was no longer calm, he stood up suddenly: "Gu Zhouting, what do you mean? Why did you call her here?"
Why should this woman get involved in such an important matter? This is the biggest secret between him and Gu Zhouding.
The key is that this Lady Jiang has always been mysterious and her purpose is unknown.
Gu Zhou stopped and said, "Yun Chen, do you still remember the murder weapon that was nowhere to be found in the Prince Su He case?"
"What does this have to do with anything?"
"As soon as Madam Jiang heard this, she pointed out that the murder weapon was Bing Ling and the case of the post station. She had long known that the murderer was Hua Yicheng. Madam Jiang, tell me, how did you know?"
Jiang Wanning knew that Gu Zhouting wanted to let Ji Yunchen know her abilities and really participate in the investigation.
So Jiang Wanning said: "Little Prince, the room where you interrogated me for the first time belonged to Huayicheng, right? When I entered, I noticed that the window bolt was new. I asked my people to observe it, and there was only The window bolts in Huayicheng's room are new."
"And the night I arrived at the inn, when I was bullied by the Dayuan people, although Hua Yichen didn't say anything, he looked at the Dayuan people with fierce murderous intent in their eyes. He also wore a knife on his wrist. A bell was strung together, but the bell was tied with a piece of cloth. If you guessed correctly, it was something he cherished very much and came from his beloved."
Ji Yunchen was extremely shocked. He had naturally heard Gu Zhouting tell him the whole story of the case, but he didn't expect Jiang Wanning to deduce the murderer based on just these few details.
"What about the footprints?"
"Hu Quan cooperated with Hua Yicheng that night. They moved the ladder together. Hu Quan's every step stepped on Hua Yicheng's footprints, so what I saw that night was only one footprint, one foot two inches, which happened to be Hu Quan's. footprints."
"I only came up with this when I saw Hu Quan habitually stepping on the footprints of his predecessors when he walked away from the inn."
Ji Yunchen stopped talking. Well, he admitted that Jiang Wanning was powerful and meticulous, and no clues could escape her eyes. But just because she had some skills, would Gu Zhouting let her get involved in their secret? Does Gu Zhouting trust her so much?
